Interstate H-201

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Interstate H201
Auxiliary route of the Interstate Highway System

Length:

4.10 mi^[1] (6.6 km)

Formed:

1989 (signed in 2004)

West end:

H-1 in Hālawa, HI

Major
junctions:

H-3 in Hālawa, HI

East end:

H-1 in Honolulu, HI

Routes in Hawaii

Interstate H-201 (abbreviated H-201) is a tertiary Interstate highway located in the U.S. state of Hawaii, on the island of O‘ahu. The H-201 is also known as the Moanalua Freeway. The 4-mile loop route connects exits 13 and 19 on Interstate H-1, passing Fort Shafter, Tripler Army Medical Center, and Red Hill.

Despite being designated an Interstate in 1989, until recently the route was a "hidden" Interstate signed only as State Route 78. Interstate signs started appearing in mid-2004. The section of the Moanalua Freeway between Kamehameha Highway (State Rte. 99) and the western Interstate H-1 interchange remains designated as Moanalua Freeway, State Rte. 78; See Notes below for further explanation.

1 Cities, communities, and sites along the route
2 Exit list
3 Notes
4 See also
5 References
6 External links

[edit] Cities, communities, and sites along the route

Honolulu (Kapālama)
Fort Shafter
Tripler Army Medical Center and Māpunapuna
Salt Lake and Moanalua
Hālawa
‘Aiea

[edit] Exit list

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#	Destinations	Notes
	Route 99 west - Kamehameha Highway; Pearlridge; Pearl City	westbound exit and eastbound entrance
	Stadium; ‘Aiea	westbound exit and eastbound entrance
1A	Interstate H1 east - Pearl Harbor; Airport	no westbound exit
1B	Interstate H1 west - Pearl City	no eastbound exit
1E	Hālawa Heights; Hālawa Valley; Stadium; Hālawa; Camp H. M. Smith	exit 1B eastbound
1D	Interstate H3 east - Kāne‘ohe	exit 1C eastbound
2	Red Hill; Moanalua Valley; Salt Lake
3	Route 7310 - Puuloa Road; Airport; Tripler Hospital; Pa‘a Street
4	King Street; Fort Shafter; Ahua Street
	Interstate H1 east - Honolulu	eastbound exit and westbound entrance

[edit] Notes

The Federal Highway Administration approved the addition of Interstate H-201 to the Interstate Highway System on November 1, 1989. The Hawai‘i Department of Transportation asked that the Moanalua Freeway be reclassified as an Interstate so that the interchange with H-1 at the eastern end could conform to federal highway standards. At first, the highway was initially designated H-1A, but federal highway policy does not allow alphabetic suffixes in Interstate numbers. The final designation, H-201, conforms to the general rules for three-digit Interstate "loop" routes.

Until 2004, the state Department of Transportation chose not to sign H-201 as such, instead retaining the designation Hawaii route 78. Reasons given included:

inability to render the new route number in a legible manner (it is necessary to use the thinnest font to render the number, as seen above)
encouraging motorists to use the newer and better designed H-1
avoiding confusion with Interstate H-2

In July 2004, in conjunction with a major resurfacing of both sides of the freeway, it was decided to bring the signage in line with the official designation.